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Survey: Modern or Traditional?

by Lloyd Alter, Toronto on 06.21.07
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The Wired Livinghome by Ray Kappe

I'm not really sure what Green architecture would look like, but every fibre of me rejects the cool, antiseptic style of so much Modernist "eco architecture". A true Green building, to me, is gentle, soft, traditional, rich in decoration and personality, joyously ad hoc and improvised, skilfully built, embodying the wisdom of the ages."
so said commenter Pete about a recent post on modern design. Do you agree?



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Whenever Green-ness is portrayed in the media it always seems to be looked at as 'other', as in, 'isn't that curious/different/amazing?', rather than 'that could be me' (Perhaps I've just read too much French existentialist literature).

A corrollery of this is, eco-houses always look wierd (personally I like wierd but Planning Permission might be an issue), though there's no technical reason why they should look /so/ different from the houses we live in now. Wierd may be wonderful but will it really appeal, in the short time window left us, to the 59.99 million of us who aren't architects/artists, and who just want to be quietly 'doing the right thing'?

jump to top Candy Spillard says:

There is no option for my home.An old cabin off grid.Running a small solar setup.As such i did not vote.

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